Two days after the elections ended, PM Netanyahu finally decided to call HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) head Naftali Bennett.

The two did not set a time they would meet, and rumors from within the Likud before the elections said that Netanyahu would not include the “Jewish Home” party in his coalition.

Netanyahu will not be able to form a coalition of 61 without either one of the religious parties, Meretz, or the Arab parties.

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